13 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

Buddhist surplice

On'yomi
  • シャ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

100.0%

Character Breakdown

Buddhist surplice
サ シャ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
sand
サ シャ すな (11th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
few, little
すこ.し ショウ すく.ない (2nd, N4)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant

Common Words

kasaya ②wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for
wearing a kasaya ②slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
loop-shaped monk's stole
scarf hold (in judo)
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References

Unicode hex code 88DF
JIS X 0208 1-26-32
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4237
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5457
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3420
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1762
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2398
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2701
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2739
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 34325
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2239
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5e7.6
Four corner code 3973.2